Archuleta County, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+14%. Republican peak: R+48 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 13,9002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $83,0652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hendricks County, IN · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Archuleta CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Archuleta County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | −24.5% |
| 1892 | −48.0% |
| 1896 | +46.9% |
| 1900 | −19.2% |
| 1904 | −30.0% |
| 1908 | +0.2% |
| 1912 | +11.7% |
| 1916 | +26.9% |
| 1920 | −28.9% |
| 1924 | −17.4% |
| 1928 | −15.1% |
| 1932 | +33.0% |
| 1936 | +16.5% |
| 1940 | −7.7% |
| 1944 | −17.0% |
| 1948 | +10.9% |
| 1952 | −29.3% |
| 1956 | −20.0% |
| 1960 | +7.4% |
| 1964 | +26.0% |
| 1968 | −7.9% |
| 1972 | −32.6% |
| 1976 | −9.5% |
| 1980 | −37.9% |
| 1984 | −45.0% |
| 1988 | −28.5% |
| 1992 | −15.0% |
| 1996 | −28.1% |
| 2000 | −32.7% |
| 2004 | −25.0% |
| 2008 | −12.1% |
| 2012 | −17.7% |
| 2016 | −24.0% |
| 2020 | −15.9% |
| 2024 | −14.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,904 | 5,218 | 9,357 | ||
| R | 3,738 | 5,189 | 9,144 | ||
| R | 2,500 | 4,264 | 7,339 | ||
| R | 2,679 | 3,872 | 6,734 | ||
| R | 2,836 | 3,638 | 6,625 | ||
| R | 2,141 | 3,601 | 5,839 | ||
| R | 1,432 | 2,988 | 4,758 | ||
| R | 997 | 1,963 | 3,437 | ||
| R | 819 | 1,242 | 2,816 | ||
| R | 795 | 1,440 | 2,262 | ||
| R | 584 | 1,557 | 2,163 | ||
| R | 532 | 1,252 | 1,900 | ||
| R | 632 | 768 | 1,432 | ||
| R | 300 | 606 | 940 | ||
| R | 409 | 486 | 978 | ||
| D | 632 | 370 | 1,008 | ||
| D | 567 | 489 | 1,057 | ||
| R | 423 | 635 | 1,060 | ||
| R | 377 | 691 | 1,070 | ||
| D | 597 | 479 | 1,084 | ||
| R | 427 | 602 | 1,030 | ||
| R | 744 | 869 | 1,618 | ||
| D | 761 | 541 | 1,333 | ||
| D | 928 | 462 | 1,410 | ||
| R | 447 | 610 | 1,080 | ||
| R | 269 | 451 | 1,046 | ||
| R | 379 | 700 | 1,109 | ||
| D | 830 | 473 | 1,325 | ||
| D | 609 | 452 | 1,347 | ||
| D | 505 | 503 | 1,092 | ||
| R | 357 | 674 | 1,058 | ||
| R | 391 | 578 | 973 | ||
| D | 393 | 141 | 537 | ||
| O | 0 | 107 | 223 | ||
| R | 77 | 127 | 204 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.2%
English
15.9%
Irish
13.9%
Scottish
5.3%
American
3.0%
Italian
2.9%
French
2.7%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 52.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$83,065
Archuleta County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Archuleta County$83,065
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Archuleta County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.3%
Working age (18–64)7.8%
Seniors (65+)11.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.2%
speak English only
Spanish5.2%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Archuleta County, anchored by Pagosa Springs near the New Mexico border, leans Republican by double digits despite a modest tourism-driven economy — a pattern common to Colorado's rural San Juan Basin counties.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-eight points in 1892 at its widest — Archuleta County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was fourteen points.
A median household income of $83,065 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 13,900 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hendricks County and Kane County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Archuleta County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Archuleta County, Colorado voted Republican by 14.0 points (R+14), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,357 votes cast, 3,904 went Democratic and 5,218 went Republican.
What is Archuleta County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Archuleta County, Colorado in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Archuleta County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Archuleta County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Archuleta County, Colorado?
Archuleta County, Colorado has a population of 13,900 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Archuleta County, Colorado?
Median household income in Archuleta County, Colorado is $83,065 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Archuleta County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Archuleta County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.